diff --git a/RELEASE.rst b/RELEASE.rst
index 3b149c206b..b16bf5f08f 100644
--- a/RELEASE.rst
+++ b/RELEASE.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+Version 0.55.4
+--------------
+
+- fix: fix the learning resource card space issue (#2979)
+
 Version 0.55.3 (Released February 24, 2026)
 --------------
 
diff --git a/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/Image/ImageWithCaption.tsx b/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/Image/ImageWithCaption.tsx
index e0c58e3f24..9960a95533 100644
--- a/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/Image/ImageWithCaption.tsx
+++ b/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/Image/ImageWithCaption.tsx
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ export function ImageWithCaptionViewer({
               src={src}
               alt={alt}
               layout={layout}
+              className="uploaded-image"
               isLoading={isLoading}
               onLoad={() => setIsLoading(false)}
               onError={() => {
@@ -439,6 +440,7 @@ export function ImageWithCaption({
             src={src}
             alt={alt || ""}
             layout={layout}
+            className="uploaded-image"
             ref={imgRef}
             onLoad={() => setIsLoading(false)}
             onError={() => setIsLoading(false)}
diff --git a/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/Image/image-node.scss b/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/Image/image-node.scss
index bf5f081705..b77f320d05 100644
--- a/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/Image/image-node.scss
+++ b/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/Image/image-node.scss
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 
 /* stylelint-disable selector-class-pattern, no-descending-specificity */
 .tiptap.ProseMirror {
-  img {
+  // Only apply to images from the image upload plugin
+  .uploaded-image {
     max-width: 100%;
     height: auto;
     display: block;
diff --git a/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/LearningResource/LearningResourceNode.tsx b/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/LearningResource/LearningResourceNode.tsx
index 7846752fd2..486c3af83e 100644
--- a/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/LearningResource/LearningResourceNode.tsx
+++ b/frontends/main/src/page-components/TiptapEditor/extensions/node/LearningResource/LearningResourceNode.tsx
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ declare module "@tiptap/core" {
 
 const NodeWrapper = styled(NodeViewWrapper)({
   position: "relative",
-  marginBottom: "20px",
   cursor: "pointer",
 })
 
 const StyledLearningResourceCard = styled(ResourceCard)(({ theme }) => ({
   position: "relative",
+  marginBottom: "20px",
 
   ".ProseMirror-selectednode &": {
     borderColor: theme.custom.colors.red,
diff --git a/main/settings.py b/main/settings.py
index 7d274e9377..78504c264d 100644
--- a/main/settings.py
+++ b/main/settings.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 from main.settings_pluggy import *  # noqa: F403
 from openapi.settings_spectacular import open_spectacular_settings
 
-VERSION = "0.55.3"
+VERSION = "0.55.4"
 
 log = logging.getLogger()